Garment hanger



1927' s. M. WARD. ET AL- GARMENT HANGER Filed May 29. 1925 Patented July26, 1927..

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SENA MAE WARD AND EUNICE S. SUTTON, OF NEW YOBK, N. Y.

GARMENT HANGER.

Application filed May 29, 1925. Serial No. 33,699.

This invention is an improvement. in hangers, and more particularly inhangers adapted for the support of either mens or womens garments.

In the usual construction of hanger, the

r ever, and especially evening gowns and the like, the hanger is notsatisfactory, since the straps or yokes which support the garment tendto slip down the sloping surfaces and to slide off the ends of thehanger. Hence it is usual in hangers intended for supporting ladiesgarments, and especially garments of the sleeveless and yokeless type,to provide means for engagement by the sleeves or yoke to prevent thisslipping movement.

Hangers have been designed, suitable for supporting either type ofgarment, the hanger being made invertible, having opposite surfacesshaped, one to fit-a sleeved garment, as for instance a coat, and theother a yokeless garment, as for instance an evening gown, and means hasbeen provided in connection with such hangers, in the form of pendants,to support a skirt or a pair of trousers. The hangers are howeversomewhat complicated, and a primary object of the present invent-ion isthe provisions of a simple, cheaply constructed hanger, adapted for anytype of garment, and invertible to bring either character of supportinto operative position, and wherein the positioning of the hanger tobring the sleeved garments supporting surfaces into engaging position,presents a hanger for trousers.

Another object is the provision of a hanger of the invertible typeincluding a trousers hanger for use in one position of the hanger,together with means in connection with the hanger for supporting thesame, so arranged with respect thereto that the trousers supportingmeans is inaccessible except when the hanger is in proper position tosupport a complementary garment.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and such other objects as mayhereinafter appear, the invention consists in the construction and novelcombination of parts fully described hereinafter, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim appended hereto, itbeing understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size andminor details of construction within the scope of the claim, may beresorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a art thereof:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of t e improved hanger, in position to supportgarments having yokes.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the hanger in position to supportyokeless garments.

In the present embodiment of the inven tion, the improved hangerconsists of a late or bar 1, which may be of any suitable ight material,such for instance as laminated wood, and the o posite side edges of theplate. or bar, indicated at 2 and 3 respectively, are differentlycontoured.

The one edge 2 is contoured to fit within and support garments withyokes, such for instance as mens coats. Thesaid edge is formed bycutting away the plate toward each end from the center, on a slope asshown. The opposite side edge 3 is contoured to support yokelessgarments, the said edge being concaved toward the ends of the plate orbar, as shown, thus to provide upstanding portions 4 at each end, toprevent the straps 5 of a yokeless garment 6, from slipping over theends, thus to displace the garment. The ends of the plateor bar arerounded as shown, the edges 2 and 3 merging one into the other, and theentire edge of the plate is also rounded transversely, to form a smoothuniform surace.

A hook member 7 is pivoted to the bar, intermediate the ends thereof, asindicated at 8, and between the side edges 2 and 3, the pivotalconnection being made in any suitable or desired manner. This hookmember is adapted to swing toward either edge of the late or bar, withthe hook thereof extending beyond the said edge, so that the plate orbar maybe suspended either in the position of Fig. 1 or that of Fi 2.

Means is provided for holding the said member in either position, in theform of pairs of bosses or studs 9, a pair being arranged near each sideedge 2 and 3. The members of the pairs are spaced apart, to

receive the shank of the hook member. The studs are rounded, so that theshank may be readily slipped over one, to engage or disengage the shank.There is enough resiliency in the shank to permit engagement anddisengagement, but the plate or bar will be held transverse to theshank, regardless of the weight of the garments thereon, which howeverare balanced with respect to the shank.

The plate or bar is longitudinally slotted, as indicated at 10, betweenthe side edges 2 and 3, and between the side edge 3 and the pivotalconnection. This slot extends from near one end of the plate or bar tonear the other, and it is of a width to receive the legs of a pair oftrousers, thereby to support the trousers over the portion of the plateor bar between the slot and the side edge 3. It will be noticed that thepivotal connection of the hook member, being between the side edge 2 andthe slot will expose the full length of the slot when the parts are inthe position of Fig. 1. k

The said connection also prevents insertion of trousers through the slotwhen the yokeless garment supporting side is up.

That is the hook is so connected to the hang- A garment hanger havingone edge contoured. to fit within and hold in shape a yoke garment, andthe opposite edge contoured to support a yokeless garment, and havingbetween said edges a longitudinally extending.

slot to support a pair of trousers, and a hook having a shank pivoted tothe hanger and adapted to extend transversely thereof beyond either ofthe said edges tosupport the said plate with either of the edges at thetop, the hook pivoted to the han er between the slot and the first namede ge so that when the last named edge is uppermost the hook shank willextend across the slot to prevent the insertion of trousers in the slot,thus serving as an indication of the proper arrangement of the hangerfor. yoke .garments.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State 0t New Yorkthis 15th day of May A. D. 1925.

SENA MAE WARD. EUNICE S. SUTTON.

